Job summary
To cover maternity Leave we are looking to appoint a self-motivated, enthusiastic, dynamic Community Midwife Team Leader for 12 months.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the community leaders who cover Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals.
Our community team care for a diverse group of women and families providing high quality midwifery care. The community midwife teams work in a named midwife model in GP practices, Children's centres and at home. The service is led by the Community Matron and each team compromises of the Team Leader, Community Midwives, Maternity Support Workers and Community Administrators. Appointed applicants will be well supported and offered a personalised orientation on appointment.
Our midwives work a varied range of shift patterns which includes weekends, bank holidays and an on call rota system to support women who choose to labour at home and the Birth Centre.
Main duties of the job
Ability to provide clinical and professional leadership and maintain a high profile in the clinical area and be accessible to all staff.
To ensure that midwifery practice is of an appropriate standard for each individual woman for whom we provide care
Liaise closely with other members of the primary care team, including health visitors and GPs.
Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions
Be willing to participate in audits or clinical trials with the aim of improving midwifery practice.
Participate in the 24 hour on call rota, to attend home births, work within the birth centre and escalation into inpatient areas as necessary.
Support the Community Matron to ensure the smooth running of the service, deputising as required.
Attend departmental meetings to ensure effective service provision/delivery and staff engagement
Audit and evaluate the quality of midwifery care and be willing to participate in audits or clinical trials with the aim of improving midwifery practice.
Attend PMRT reviews and ensure recommendations and service improvements are actioned and implemented.
Participate in the development and implementation of the standards required for the Directorate to promote CQC standards.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Midwife with current NMC Registration
- *Evidence of continuous professional development.
- *Relevant mentoring training
Desirable
- *Examination of the new-born course
- *Recruitment and selection training
Experience
Essential
- *Significant community experience at a Band 6 level
- *Significant all round midwifery experience
- *Knowledge of national maternity targets and initiatives
- *Sound knowledge of trust guidelines particularly in relation to antenatal, postnatal and home births
- *Experience/evidence of coordinating a maternity ward/clinical/community area
- *knowledge of safeguarding and child protection issues and when to take action
- *Ability to safely use medical devices and other equipment required for midwifery practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Professional with an caring and sensitive approach
- *Positive and enthusiastic
- *Good interpersonal communication skills
- *Excellent communication skills and ability to maintain clear, concise, contemporaneous records
- *good problem solving and decision marking skills
- *Participation in clinical audit research
- *Evidence of supporting women's choice.
- *Ability to influence and facilitate change
- *Strong Leadership skills
- *Good organisational skills
- *able to delegate staff and maintain day to day management of service needs
- *Ability to write reports and complete audits
- *Full UK driving licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Midwife with current NMC Registration
- *Evidence of continuous professional development.
- *Relevant mentoring training
Desirable
- *Examination of the new-born course
- *Recruitment and selection training
Experience
Essential
- *Significant community experience at a Band 6 level
- *Significant all round midwifery experience
- *Knowledge of national maternity targets and initiatives
- *Sound knowledge of trust guidelines particularly in relation to antenatal, postnatal and home births
- *Experience/evidence of coordinating a maternity ward/clinical/community area
- *knowledge of safeguarding and child protection issues and when to take action
- *Ability to safely use medical devices and other equipment required for midwifery practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Professional with an caring and sensitive approach
- *Positive and enthusiastic
- *Good interpersonal communication skills
- *Excellent communication skills and ability to maintain clear, concise, contemporaneous records
- *good problem solving and decision marking skills
- *Participation in clinical audit research
- *Evidence of supporting women's choice.
- *Ability to influence and facilitate change
- *Strong Leadership skills
- *Good organisational skills
- *able to delegate staff and maintain day to day management of service needs
- *Ability to write reports and complete audits
- *Full UK driving licence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
